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fiscal cliff, republican hand wringing. michael shear, you picked fiscal cliff. what's it going to look like? obviously, republicans want a delay, hope for a better political climate. do you think this white house will go down the road saying let's go big now because this is our last chance to do it? ironically, the last chance we'll have with great political capital. >> i think they're going to try hard to get a top line number. they don't have to solve all this. they got to get a top line agreement before the end of the year. all sides know the math here. they've been talking about this for two years. there's no secret. >> it's not like you have to wait. do you want one, two, three, four, or five? >> and you're coming out of an election -- boehner had revenue on the table before. he said he had revenue. that's not a big deal. and you can do it this time while -- yeah. i haven't slept in two days. the point is you can do it on the top line and force negotiations. >> what i was going to say, with romney you can -- romney was out there saying, i do want to get rid
fiscal cliff, republican hand wringing. michael shear, you picked fiscal cliff. what's it going to look like? obviously, republicans want a delay, hope for a better political climate. do you think this white house will go down the road saying let's go big now because this is our last chance to do it? ironically, the last chance we'll have with great political capital. >> i think they're going to try hard to get a top line number. they don't have to solve all this. they got to get a top...
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those voices have been buried behind the simplicity of a fiscal cliff. the press loves a deadline. >> the press loves a deadline and loves colorful language like fiscal cliff. thanks for joining us. >>> at the top of the hour, state of the union has republican reaction to the president's interview on "meet the press." did we really need to go haywire over david petraeus? mr. margin? don't be modest, bob. you found a better way to pack a bowling ball. that was ups. and who called ups? you did, bob. i just asked a question. it takes a long time to pack a bowling ball. the last guy pitched more ball packers. but you... you consulted ups. you found a better way. that's logistics. that's margin. find out what else ups knows. i'll do that. you're on a roll. that's funny. i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love wi
those voices have been buried behind the simplicity of a fiscal cliff. the press loves a deadline. >> the press loves a deadline and loves colorful language like fiscal cliff. thanks for joining us. >>> at the top of the hour, state of the union has republican reaction to the president's interview on "meet the press." did we really need to go haywire over david petraeus? mr. margin? don't be modest, bob. you found a better way to pack a bowling ball. that was ups. and...
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this fiscal cliff. the republicans, as i mentioned, they are not mounting any kind of response to the charge by the administration. >> not surprising. the republicans have been known for as long time as the stupid party, they are a hot mess, they came out of this elect on the losing end, they have done nothing to try to regroup, this affects every american's life and pocketbook, they still can't get it together with a coherent message based on their core principals, economic freedom, and liberty, if you can't stand for those, and fight for them, they have no business being one of the two major political parties. >> monica is right, the republicans have allowed obama to ccntrol the debate, we have the morale high ground and our plan, obama in 2011 talking about tax reform said we can -- we don't have to raise tax rates, we can lower tax rates by capping deducts. he said that. lou: where is coordinated action and rhetoric from the party? i'm talking about from mayors to governors. >> we have been great wi
this fiscal cliff. the republicans, as i mentioned, they are not mounting any kind of response to the charge by the administration. >> not surprising. the republicans have been known for as long time as the stupid party, they are a hot mess, they came out of this elect on the losing end, they have done nothing to try to regroup, this affects every american's life and pocketbook, they still can't get it together with a coherent message based on their core principals, economic freedom, and...
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with the fiscal cliff is austerity and you would think republicans would be all about that they want to see the fiscal cliff the only problem is this is also austerity for wealthy people not just working people it's old and it's austerity for the militants going to tell you it's going to tax increases for the wealthy and it's going to be cuts to wealthy defense contractors just across the bridge of virginia where i think it's more than that it's every person that owns a diner or has you know a jiffy lube or delivers pizza is also going to be affected because people can't afford to order pizza i mean it's not just if the if the same thing as do you that government jobs aren't real jobs that government spending isn't real dollars being pumped into the economy i think that's the point the senate you know it's all this is going to tell us just of where our priorities are yes spending on the military does create some jobs that's you know. undeniable but do we want to create jobs through massive spending on the military every year and every year and every year we don't get some point we're
with the fiscal cliff is austerity and you would think republicans would be all about that they want to see the fiscal cliff the only problem is this is also austerity for wealthy people not just working people it's old and it's austerity for the militants going to tell you it's going to tax increases for the wealthy and it's going to be cuts to wealthy defense contractors just across the bridge of virginia where i think it's more than that it's every person that owns a diner or has you know a...
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. >> if republicans do not agree to that, is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff? >> oh, absolutely. again we see there's no agreement that done involve those rates going up on the top 2% of the wealthiest. remember it's only 2%. >> former senator alan simpson, co-founder of the fix the debt campaign, choice words and analysis for would-be cliff jumpers. >> when you have leaders of parties and people from the administration saying, i think it will be to the advantage of the democrats to go off the cliff, wealthy it will be advantage to the republicans to go off the cliff or the president to go off the cliff, that's like betting your country. there's stupidity involved in that. this is big-time stuff. >> surprising exactly no one, senator mitch mcconnell took to the senate floor yesterday to blast the administration strategy as a campaign maneuver. >> incredibly, many top democrats, including the president, seem perfectly happy, perfectly happy, to go off the cliff. >> but in a new quinnipiac poll out today, the american public gives the democrats the benefit of the
. >> if republicans do not agree to that, is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff? >> oh, absolutely. again we see there's no agreement that done involve those rates going up on the top 2% of the wealthiest. remember it's only 2%. >> former senator alan simpson, co-founder of the fix the debt campaign, choice words and analysis for would-be cliff jumpers. >> when you have leaders of parties and people from the administration saying, i think it will be...
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. >> reporter: they're taking the country over fiscal cliff if the republicans won't increase the tax increases. that translates to allowing $600 billion in tax hike and spending cut to take effect next year, which the head of the democratic snarl campaign committee laid out today. >> if we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share, thenly continue the debate to 2013, rather than lock in a long-term deal this year to throw middle class families under the bus. >> reporter: republican leaders worry it would throw the economy back to a recession and says this shows that democrats would do anything to get their way. >> make no mistake. if the democrats are proposing today is entirely avoidable high stakes game of chicken. with a single minded goal of taking more money from those who earn it for
. >> reporter: they're taking the country over fiscal cliff if the republicans won't increase the tax increases. that translates to allowing $600 billion in tax hike and spending cut to take effect next year, which the head of the democratic snarl campaign committee laid out today. >> if we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share, thenly continue the debate to 2013, rather than lock in a long-term deal this year to throw middle class...
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remember, the fiscal cliff is an idea that was put forward by republicans -- >> of course. >> as an austerity plan. i agree with ari in the sense that it's a total artifice. there's no reason why you necessarily need to have that, but railroad ama-- ari makes th good point that home ownership and charitable giving are two things in the tax code we want to keep in place. all economists are nearly unanimous if you raise rates on the top 2% you will shave off 0.1% of gdp. you will have no effect on economic growth if you increase tacks on the extraordinarily wealthy here. but, you know, again, this is a party that has campaigned for three years now on cutting the deficit, on cutting government spending. it's unbelievable to me that when you come down to the 11th hour in the negotiations right now, this party cannot identify any significant cuts of any significant scale in either entitlement spending or discretion yaer spending. it shows you this is a party that can talk the talk but can't walk the walk. >> to julian's point, last week boehner tossed out the idea of maybe going back to paul ryan'
remember, the fiscal cliff is an idea that was put forward by republicans -- >> of course. >> as an austerity plan. i agree with ari in the sense that it's a total artifice. there's no reason why you necessarily need to have that, but railroad ama-- ari makes th good point that home ownership and charitable giving are two things in the tax code we want to keep in place. all economists are nearly unanimous if you raise rates on the top 2% you will shave off 0.1% of gdp. you will have...
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what about spending and the deficit and taxing and the fiscal cliff. >> democrats and republicans rolled us into this ditch. so you have the tea party and the up on movements today. let us come up with a plan to get out of the ditch because the republicans and the democrats will have to come together to do it anyway. >> eric: matt, is there no difference? >> no. unfortunately for the president, i think there is a big difference. what is going to happen, which always happens when a president's up for re-election and ronald reagan termed it the best -- are you better off than you were four years ago? right now, particularly among independents, they are saying a resounding no. so i think that mitt romney will get his chance to have four years in the white house because people have determined that barack obama has not gotten it done in the first term. >> you know, this is a generational problem. if, if, if, if, if -- he will face it is same problem in four years. i want to see a real plan to get us out of this depression, yes, i will see the "d" word. this is not a recession where i live, to
what about spending and the deficit and taxing and the fiscal cliff. >> democrats and republicans rolled us into this ditch. so you have the tea party and the up on movements today. let us come up with a plan to get out of the ditch because the republicans and the democrats will have to come together to do it anyway. >> eric: matt, is there no difference? >> no. unfortunately for the president, i think there is a big difference. what is going to happen, which always happens...
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and vows not to kay in to republicans over the fiscal cliff. mr. obama says the country can't afford to continue tax cuts if for wealthiest americans and says he won't extend the bush tax cut for the top 2%, as he did two years ago. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. now back to new york and five "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg: all right. so in the wake of obama's alleged re-election, some citizens are calling for secession. people from all 57 states have filed petitions in favor of seceding from america on the obama administration's we the people website. so far, close to 700,000 signed on and petitions from alabama, florida, georgia, louisiana, north carolina, tennessee, texas grabbed at least 25,000 signatures. now to me, secession is silly. but what is not silly is actual catchtition. why not for four years pit red states against blue states with the respected ideas and have us put to the test and see who succeeds? red states will have fracking. blue will have frats. red states will have free markets. blue will be v fre
and vows not to kay in to republicans over the fiscal cliff. mr. obama says the country can't afford to continue tax cuts if for wealthiest americans and says he won't extend the bush tax cut for the top 2%, as he did two years ago. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. now back to new york and five "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg: all right. so in the wake of obama's alleged re-election, some citizens are calling for secession. people from all 57...
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he'll get the fiscal cliff dealt with in some fashion. maybe there's punting on bigger tax reform. and if republicans think they need to win over latino voters, maybe a tiny shot of the dream act and that's it. >> one very big thing by doing nothing, the end of the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. you shouldn't underestimate how huge that is. talking about $5 trillion. you know that's going to come flowing into the federal government. he's going to have the upper hand just through an action. >> that won't happen because they'll restore all of the tax cuts for the middle income earners as soon as the bush tax cuts expire they'll revote in. it won't be 5 trillion. >> medicare, that's important. people need to understand voucherized medicare. >> talking about before, it is democratic pollsters, people like you mentioned james carville, stan greenberg, going around the country, talking to swing voters. swing voters are telling them it's a problem the president's not laying out a specific plan for the future. they're saying it over and over. >> the campaign reached a tipping point where t
he'll get the fiscal cliff dealt with in some fashion. maybe there's punting on bigger tax reform. and if republicans think they need to win over latino voters, maybe a tiny shot of the dream act and that's it. >> one very big thing by doing nothing, the end of the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. you shouldn't underestimate how huge that is. talking about $5 trillion. you know that's going to come flowing into the federal government. he's going to have the upper hand just through an...
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at the white house this afternoon, president obama was talking fiscal cliff and taxes and charged republicans for threatening the economy. >> on wednesday, they voted to hold the middle class tax cuts hostage unless we also spent $1 trillion over the next decade on tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent of americans. in fact, it is worse than that because their plan would raise taxes on 25 million hard-working american families by about $1,000 each. would report the response from speaker boehner, he says top democrats say they willing to let taxes rise on middle-class families and tank our economy and pose threats to our national security the it is reckless and wrong. house republicans are not standing for it. for a few months, it is a stalemate in washington, dc. earthquaker thank you, have a great weekend. republicans and democrats could be on vacation today but they could not leave town last night without throwing some verbal punches first. listen to this. >>guest: we have done our work. we will continue to do our work. obviously we need the other chamber to be some what functional. >> th
at the white house this afternoon, president obama was talking fiscal cliff and taxes and charged republicans for threatening the economy. >> on wednesday, they voted to hold the middle class tax cuts hostage unless we also spent $1 trillion over the next decade on tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent of americans. in fact, it is worse than that because their plan would raise taxes on 25 million hard-working american families by about $1,000 each. would report the response from speaker...
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cliff. >> republicans, might gain a couple and lose a couple, still be republican chromed. what markets are concerned about if obama wins, he still has a very intransigent republican majority in the house f he wants some deal done on taxes, particularly the fiscal cliff, he i'm not going to let tax cuts, people 250,000 and above be extended. john boehner out saying too bad, we want all the tax cuts extended. obama wins, still a republican house, can't come together, can't make a deal. >> the house will stay clearly republican. >> might gain a couple, lose a couple. whatever the case, they have a 25-seat majority, not going to lose it and it is clear, boehner has said very clearly, we don't see a mandate happening in this election for obama even if he wins. we are going to maintain our majority. our mandate is intact. still fight against any tax increase he is. don't see a grand bargaining happening that includes new revenue on the table. >> glad you are with us today. really enjoy it. sue, back to you. >>> performed better under democratic presidents than republican preside
cliff. >> republicans, might gain a couple and lose a couple, still be republican chromed. what markets are concerned about if obama wins, he still has a very intransigent republican majority in the house f he wants some deal done on taxes, particularly the fiscal cliff, he i'm not going to let tax cuts, people 250,000 and above be extended. john boehner out saying too bad, we want all the tax cuts extended. obama wins, still a republican house, can't come together, can't make a deal....
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a looming fiscal cliff and what are we hearing? as republican senator jeff sessions says -- >> a lot of flimflam. >> flimflam. we told you last night that treasure secretary tim geithner hop-scotched his way down pennsylvania avenue to bring the president's proposal from the white house to capitol hill and instead of offering compromise, he leapt to the extreme. in case you forgot, here's what his plan does. his plan taxes $1.6 trillion of taxes. higher tax rates on people, families making more than $250,000 as well as closing loopholes, limiting deductions, raising the estate tax rate and increasing the taxes on capital gains and dividends. and the plan spends nearly $200 billion. another stimulus package of 50 billion. an extension of unemployment insurance benefits estimated around $30 billion and an extension of the payroll tax cut estimated at about $114 billion. but the geithner plan didn't cut spending. in return for all of that, the president offered $400 billion in cuts to medicare and other entitlement programs. today joh
a looming fiscal cliff and what are we hearing? as republican senator jeff sessions says -- >> a lot of flimflam. >> flimflam. we told you last night that treasure secretary tim geithner hop-scotched his way down pennsylvania avenue to bring the president's proposal from the white house to capitol hill and instead of offering compromise, he leapt to the extreme. in case you forgot, here's what his plan does. his plan taxes $1.6 trillion of taxes. higher tax rates on people, families...
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cliff. unless congressional republicans agree to tax hike for earners. house speaker reacts. romney and the president are getting ready for the third and final debate of the season monday in florida. the latest gallup poll has the governor ahead 52-45. "special report" from washington at 6:00 eastern. now have back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: all right. know what it feels like for the obama campaign right now. >> dana: i find that hilarious. do you feel like the message for women they keep hitting themselves? >> greg: the war on women was a series of rapes. that's what it was. ive found that they were always saying it's romney who hates women and the right or sexist. the left, i don't include bob in this, the left has a sexist view of women in that they assume women are gullible to surface charisma of a light weight politician. you just have to like somebody because, he is cool. that to me is more insulting than anything you could say to a woman. they talk about romney faile
cliff. unless congressional republicans agree to tax hike for earners. house speaker reacts. romney and the president are getting ready for the third and final debate of the season monday in florida. the latest gallup poll has the governor ahead 52-45. "special report" from washington at 6:00 eastern. now have back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: all right. know what it feels like for the obama campaign right now. >> dana: i find that hilarious. do...
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done on the fiscal cliff. >> i think a lot of people made the pledge 20 years ago, 50 years ago and i think they realize we're in a very critical time for our country and this issue has to be dealt with. revenues needs to be a part of the component and entitlement reform, true entitlement reform has to be there also in order for us to put this in the rear view mirror. >> that's a big change. so what would the former republican party flag bearer say. >> change can't be measured in speeches. it's measured in results. >> that was mitt romney attacking president obama, but it works for his own party, too. now, let's move on to immigration. romney's deportation stands didn't sit well with a growing number of hispanic voters and now two retiring reporters are pushing their own version of the dream act. it gives children the path to citizenship. >> we're introducing this legislation, which is not dissimilar from what the president has done de facto as a way of righting the situation, but doing it the right way. namely, to change the law. >> change can't be measured in speeches, it's measur
done on the fiscal cliff. >> i think a lot of people made the pledge 20 years ago, 50 years ago and i think they realize we're in a very critical time for our country and this issue has to be dealt with. revenues needs to be a part of the component and entitlement reform, true entitlement reform has to be there also in order for us to put this in the rear view mirror. >> that's a big change. so what would the former republican party flag bearer say. >> change can't be measured...
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one of the reasons we are at the fiscal cliff is the republican resolution was under the tacit assumption that they would control the white house, so who cared about everything stacked against them. the main proble w obama ran an absolutely brilliant campaign. republicans had a very weak field, and romney was the best of a very weak field. he himself was a very odd candidate. after the financial crisis, a man essentially of wall street, and a man whose essential issue of the 2010 campaign was obamacare, but he had passed something similar in massachusetts. he had two strikes against him, whichade it very diffilt begins the difficult rigid discipline obama to win. >> i think obama won because republicans underestimated him, and they did it through sell collision that goes back to 2010 when they considered this to be a referendum on barack obama. it was not a referendum on barack obama. it was a referendum on the economy and the incumbent, but not barack obama the person. republicans left the race feeling like this would be a slam-dunk in 2012. they missed the fact that the turnout in 2010
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. >> greta: we have the fiscal cliff we are -- about to go over and the republicans say cut taxes and rev up the economy. the democrats say the way is to increase the taxes. you both have solutions, but you can both agree that we are really headed in the wrong direction. >> we are headed in the wrong direct. we want growth. tax rate increases, taxing small businesses at much higher rates than competitors will hurt the economy and lose jobs, which loses revenue. so we want economic growth and job creation and spending cuts entitlement reforms to get the debt under control. >> greta: whether the republicans or the in things are right, you agree that we are in deep trouble. what can the american people do? besides vote -- the animosity between the two sides is far deeper. this is a serious crisis, not just a political fight. >> we can control our own actions, in the house, we have passed two budgets, that shows significantly how we are going to get the debt under control and grow the economy and how we can prevent a debt crisis from hitting america. we have to get problems under control.
. >> greta: we have the fiscal cliff we are -- about to go over and the republicans say cut taxes and rev up the economy. the democrats say the way is to increase the taxes. you both have solutions, but you can both agree that we are really headed in the wrong direction. >> we are headed in the wrong direct. we want growth. tax rate increases, taxing small businesses at much higher rates than competitors will hurt the economy and lose jobs, which loses revenue. so we want economic...
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and if we don't go off the fiscal cliff, the republicans will get blamed from their right wing base for capitulating. so they're in a damned if you do, damned if you don't position. the president has strong hand here. >> you mentioned medicare. let's focus on entitlement reform here specifically. this was congressman eric cantor this afternoon. take a listen. >> what we've always said is we want to fix the problem. we want to make sure that we get a handle on these unfunded obligations, connect it with the sbilgtszment programs. we want to stop the spending problem so we can then go about trying to manage down the debt and deficit. >> nbc's first read made this point. the white house is sending the message that if republicans want entitlement reform, they're the ones who will have to propose it. how much of this is about getting the gop to do some of the dirty work on a sticky issue for democrats? >> i think that is a very big part of it. look, nobody -- we just went through a campaign in which medicare, the ryan budget, and changes to medicare and cuts out of medicare were such a huge
and if we don't go off the fiscal cliff, the republicans will get blamed from their right wing base for capitulating. so they're in a damned if you do, damned if you don't position. the president has strong hand here. >> you mentioned medicare. let's focus on entitlement reform here specifically. this was congressman eric cantor this afternoon. take a listen. >> what we've always said is we want to fix the problem. we want to make sure that we get a handle on these unfunded...
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here's the democratic and republican opening bids on the fiscal cliff. but the revenue side of the republican proposal just doesn't match up with reality. you can't get $800 billion in revenue from lowering rates and closing loopholes and deductions. can we get on that page? it doesn't come close to adding up, unless you get rid of just about every deduction for the middle class that's out there. is that what this election was about? president obama has been clear about it all along. >> unfortunately, the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. you know, he talks, for example, about $800 billion worth of revenues, but he says he's going to do that by lowering rates. and when you look at the math, it doesn't work. >> you see, if we lower these rates, then the job creators will go out there end and all this money to hire a bunch of people, and that's going to contribute more to the tax base. and gosh, we're just going to take care of all of our problems. we have tried this stuff, and it didn't work. when leaders mcconnell and boehner feed the
here's the democratic and republican opening bids on the fiscal cliff. but the revenue side of the republican proposal just doesn't match up with reality. you can't get $800 billion in revenue from lowering rates and closing loopholes and deductions. can we get on that page? it doesn't come close to adding up, unless you get rid of just about every deduction for the middle class that's out there. is that what this election was about? president obama has been clear about it all along. >>...
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. >>> in the effort to avoid the fiscal cliff a top republican offers to raise taxes on the wealthy. the very wealthy. fine out what house speaker john boehner has in mind. >>> a power shift today in japan rpep >> he is recovering this morning after a car went down a ravine in the county. it is a half mile west of panoramic highway. the car was 150 feeted across the road the driver was able to hoist him to safety. he went to the general hospital suffering hypothermia. the highway was closed between fort ross north of jenner. a series of storms hit the area. engineers have determined the work is going to take longer than expected. experts and political leaders from connecticut to try to answer the questions. can any measures be taken to prevent mass shootings in the future. it is a special edition of this week this morning at 8 right here on nbc 7. >>> egypt's islamists are claiming a majority vote on the country's proposed charter. it has a narrow majority in the first round on a referendum backed constitution. the brotherhood's account shows nearly 57 percent 26 million voters moir
. >>> in the effort to avoid the fiscal cliff a top republican offers to raise taxes on the wealthy. the very wealthy. fine out what house speaker john boehner has in mind. >>> a power shift today in japan rpep >> he is recovering this morning after a car went down a ravine in the county. it is a half mile west of panoramic highway. the car was 150 feeted across the road the driver was able to hoist him to safety. he went to the general hospital suffering hypothermia....
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on the fiscal cliff issue. >> eric: the republicans have come out. >> bob: maybe reagan could have got out of obama. >> eric: curiosity, do you think any lawmaker in d.c. would listen to romney? >> dana: politically, there is no reason to. i'm curious, look at the picture. not sure about the olive green couches. that is the first time i have seen those. they had white turkey chili. that is the very best. >> brian: at the risk of breaking up is it nice to meet together up a i think about the online book that says he has personal disdain for mitt romney and 85% of the ads that came out for barack obama were anti-romney ads. rather than anti- romney policy. i wonder if he says maybe you could have made it less personal. >> bob: good point. >> eric: vehemently disagre disagree. >> eric: do you think they talk about the negative ads? >> kimberly: i don't think so. both are campaign or super pacs weren't at the best. >> eric: yes, i did pay my taxes. no i didn't kill anyone. >> kimberly: i'm not against dogs, yeah, the whole thing. i like dogs. >> eric: i like twitter. that was the big thing
on the fiscal cliff issue. >> eric: the republicans have come out. >> bob: maybe reagan could have got out of obama. >> eric: curiosity, do you think any lawmaker in d.c. would listen to romney? >> dana: politically, there is no reason to. i'm curious, look at the picture. not sure about the olive green couches. that is the first time i have seen those. they had white turkey chili. that is the very best. >> brian: at the risk of breaking up is it nice to meet...
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i don't think we're going to go over the fiscal cliff. republicans have put some proposals on the table moving in barack obama's direction. i don't know exactly the game tim geithner was playing yesterday and thank you, erin, for getting some of this math right. when he came up with yesterday was $4 of new tacks for every dollar of spending cut, that's when john boehner simply said we're nowhere an that's where they are now, but there's 30 days. >> ethan, don't the republicans if they want to break this stalemate, maybe what the president's doing is saying these are the cuts i want to make, so guys, why don't you come up with the rest? >> i don't think that's really a fair criticism. republicans have passed the budget that paul ryan pugt together. now, you may not agree with that budget, but it does outline specific cuts. republicans are on the record for those and would probably say here's our list of cuts, mr. president. what's your list? >> the president has other things he may not have included. say they take it from paul ryan's budge
i don't think we're going to go over the fiscal cliff. republicans have put some proposals on the table moving in barack obama's direction. i don't know exactly the game tim geithner was playing yesterday and thank you, erin, for getting some of this math right. when he came up with yesterday was $4 of new tacks for every dollar of spending cut, that's when john boehner simply said we're nowhere an that's where they are now, but there's 30 days. >> ethan, don't the republicans if they...
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>>> but we begin with the latest on the fiscal cliff. republicans made another counteroffer but it's reportedly not much different from their first offer. though we don't have specifics, we do know the president and john boehner talked on the phone last night and that call, according to a republican familiar with it, was tense and lasted just 15 minutes. i want to bring in real clear politics reporter aaron mcpike and david hawkings, editor of the cq roll call daily briefing. good morning. so president obama sat down with barbara walters last night. here's what he said. >> most important thing we can do is make sure the middle class taxes do not go up on january 1st and i'm pretty confident that republicans would not hold middle class taxes hostage to try to protect tax cuts for high income individuals. >> so he's confident. is it almost a foregone conclusion, do you think, david, that this is going to be the first piece of the puzzle that falls into place? >> i'm pretty confident that that's going to have to be the first piece of the pu
>>> but we begin with the latest on the fiscal cliff. republicans made another counteroffer but it's reportedly not much different from their first offer. though we don't have specifics, we do know the president and john boehner talked on the phone last night and that call, according to a republican familiar with it, was tense and lasted just 15 minutes. i want to bring in real clear politics reporter aaron mcpike and david hawkings, editor of the cq roll call daily briefing. good...
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e of the reasons we were at the fiscal cliff wasas because the republican resolution of the debt crisis of 2011 was under the tacit assumption that they would control the white house who cares about everything stacked ainst them? i think the main cause was obama ran an absolutely brilliant campaign. republicans had a very weak field, and mitt romney was the best of a vy weak field, and he himself was an odd candidate, a given after the financial crisis, a man essentially of wall street, and also a man who was an essential issue of the 2010 campaign, where republicans have succeeded was obamacare but he had had something similar in massachusetts. he had two strikes against him whwhich made it very difficult against the disciplined obama to win. >> i think obama won because the republicans underestimated him anand they did i three -- did it through a litt self delususion that goes back to 2010 when they considered this to be a referendum on barack obama. it was not a referdum on barack obama. it was a referendum on the economy and the incumbentnt, but not barack obama the person. republic
e of the reasons we were at the fiscal cliff wasas because the republican resolution of the debt crisis of 2011 was under the tacit assumption that they would control the white house who cares about everything stacked ainst them? i think the main cause was obama ran an absolutely brilliant campaign. republicans had a very weak field, and mitt romney was the best of a vy weak field, and he himself was an odd candidate, a given after the financial crisis, a man essentially of wall street, and...
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cliff negotiations but given that he and democrats have put everything they can on the table and republicans still won't compromise what hope is there in striking a deal that doesn't leave the middle class high and dry and later the fuels for newtown connecticut victims may have finally ended but unfortunately funerals for gun victims in america never truly stop another story of a mass shooting and how the n.r.a. is more interested in saving profits than saving lives. and we begin tonight with occupy wall street during the heyday of the occupy movement last year if you were lucky enough to walk through one of the encampments as i was frequently here at occupy d.c. here to see a community built as an example of what our nation should be striving for you would have seen health care provided for free no for profit health insurance leeches looking to squeeze as much money as they can out of family caring for a sick child you also want to see education provided for free and healthy food provided for free and shelter provided for free see when it comes to basic essentials the for profit motive. wa
cliff negotiations but given that he and democrats have put everything they can on the table and republicans still won't compromise what hope is there in striking a deal that doesn't leave the middle class high and dry and later the fuels for newtown connecticut victims may have finally ended but unfortunately funerals for gun victims in america never truly stop another story of a mass shooting and how the n.r.a. is more interested in saving profits than saving lives. and we begin tonight with...
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clearly, when you look at the fiscal condition, the consequences of going over the fiscal cliff -- republicans are going to have to abrogate that pledge. it is not conservatism bound to 35% tax rate. that is not one of the immutable principles of american conservatism. we want taxes to be as low as they can possibly be while running a government that is not bankrupt and in structural deficit for as far as the eye can see. you will have to see republican leaders step up here and meet the president's somewhere in the middle on this to get the country's fiscal path on a path to solvency so we can start to have economic growth again in the country. >> do you want to comment a little bit about what you expect from the next six weeks? not even six weeks? however many weeks it is now between -- between now and the start of this booklet. working in the white house limits what you can say, but how you see his plan at between now and january? >> steve is exactly right, all the you are seeing a very concerted members of the house dig in on a no revenues. it is good to see many republicans saying yes. i c
clearly, when you look at the fiscal condition, the consequences of going over the fiscal cliff -- republicans are going to have to abrogate that pledge. it is not conservatism bound to 35% tax rate. that is not one of the immutable principles of american conservatism. we want taxes to be as low as they can possibly be while running a government that is not bankrupt and in structural deficit for as far as the eye can see. you will have to see republican leaders step up here and meet the...
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. ♪ >> welcome back after the thanksgiving holiday and all eyes are on the fast approaching fiscal cliff with republicans possibly maybe looking to make a deal. with the deadline now just 36 days away, some top republicans suggest they could, shock, horror, break with their sacred pledge to grover norquist. >> i'm not obligated on the pledge i made tennesseans aware is just elected that the only thing i'm honoring is the oath that i take when i serve when i'm sworn in this january. >> there's a lot that has been said about this pledge, and i will tell you when i go to the constituents that have elected -- re-elected me, it is not about that pledge. it really is about trying to solve problems. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece, but i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> sounds great, doesn't it? only one problem, this apparent kiss-off to the anti-tax guru appears to be pure lip service. as mr. norquist himself expressed this m
. ♪ >> welcome back after the thanksgiving holiday and all eyes are on the fast approaching fiscal cliff with republicans possibly maybe looking to make a deal. with the deadline now just 36 days away, some top republicans suggest they could, shock, horror, break with their sacred pledge to grover norquist. >> i'm not obligated on the pledge i made tennesseans aware is just elected that the only thing i'm honoring is the oath that i take when i serve when i'm sworn in this...
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as we're hurdling toward this fiscal cliff, republicans are saying, no, we can't cut government spending. i.e., defense, because that will mean millions of job lost, imply that if you cut government spending, you lose jobs. the democrats are the ones saying we can't let taxes go up on the middle class at a time like this. which leads me to believe that movie you showed of the train, i think you should have put up the "titanic." we know w that one ends. it hits the iceberg and has that kind of crash. going into this election season, there's going to be no grand bargain now. hard to see one happen during a lame duck session. i think we will begin to see some of those sequestered cuts kick in. some of those tax increases which will ironically make the budget deficit look a little better. >> that's true. they may hurt. maybe, peter, that would make it worth it, we take those sequester cuts. you let the bush tax cuts expire. it's paiul, yes. but you do get more money. is it the right thing to do? >> i don't know that it's the right thing to do. we need to fix what's broken in the economy so i
as we're hurdling toward this fiscal cliff, republicans are saying, no, we can't cut government spending. i.e., defense, because that will mean millions of job lost, imply that if you cut government spending, you lose jobs. the democrats are the ones saying we can't let taxes go up on the middle class at a time like this. which leads me to believe that movie you showed of the train, i think you should have put up the "titanic." we know w that one ends. it hits the iceberg and has that...
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. >> together, what is next on the fiscal cliff on how republicans will deal with the diverse electorate. tonight we are looking forward not looking back. we begin on the coming fiscal cliff when tax cuts kick in and the budget cuts kick in. >> welcome to the capital. you heard everyone singing the come ba kumbaya tune. you heard john boehner talking about the fact on the issue that has divided them on the fiscal cliff issue saying clearly that he does not want to raise taxes. he did say that maybe he would be for some kind of raising some kind of revenue. he didn't say what that means but talked about broad tax reform. on the other side of the capital. you saw right there the senate majority leader harry reid feeling like he has leverage here, it was a clear-cut issue, but also because of the mechanics of it. if nobody does anything, taxes will go up. so democrats realize that, they feel like they are probably right. democrats realize that. >> and there is motivation to do something. >> absolutely. >> there was a private conference call that boehner had with his caucus. what do you know
. >> together, what is next on the fiscal cliff on how republicans will deal with the diverse electorate. tonight we are looking forward not looking back. we begin on the coming fiscal cliff when tax cuts kick in and the budget cuts kick in. >> welcome to the capital. you heard everyone singing the come ba kumbaya tune. you heard john boehner talking about the fact on the issue that has divided them on the fiscal cliff issue saying clearly that he does not want to raise taxes. he...
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cliff republicans would be to blame. so nancy pelosi, little scamp that she is, she is threatening -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] she threatens to force a vote if the republicans don't act on the middle class tax cuts. tee-hee. i'm guessing boehner is going to be -- >> flabbergasted. >> it has never been done before. >> ever. flabbergasting. >> it is flabbergasting. >> stephanie: flabbergastacious. >> i'm impressed by your flabbergastivity. >> stephanie: lindsey graham went on to say we'll lose everything we know as america if we don't fix entitlements. we're becoming the greece of out-of-control spending. [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] >> it in no way does that. >> stephanie: shut down that argument. the spending graphs of who -- >> nonsense. >> also, greece is falling apart because of the austerity programs implemented by the inf and the world bank. >> stephanie: we have references on that. they're wrong wrong wrong on everything. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: i'm flabbergasted how wrong they are. 17 minutes arrive the hour. yo
cliff republicans would be to blame. so nancy pelosi, little scamp that she is, she is threatening -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] she threatens to force a vote if the republicans don't act on the middle class tax cuts. tee-hee. i'm guessing boehner is going to be -- >> flabbergasted. >> it has never been done before. >> ever. flabbergasting. >> it is flabbergasting. >> stephanie: flabbergastacious. >> i'm impressed by your flabbergastivity....
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off the fiscal cliff all that more in tonight's big picture rumble. mr. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture to a.
off the fiscal cliff all that more in tonight's big picture rumble. mr. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture to a.
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if democrats and republicans are looking for a way out of the fiscal cliff, this whole idea of having to cut $1.6 trillion in january '13 is just a made up number. it's an artifice. there's no reason we need to stick to that. if we're looking for compromise, we should cut that number way back. there's no economic reason why we're doing that. >> very quickly. >> when we're talking about austerity, economies are behavioral entities. you can shape economies by the kind of attitudes you inject. it does matter what the ideology of our economy is. >> and, of course, it's worth saying that 11 of those 27 nations in europe are back in recession because of austerity principles. >> exactly. >>allian epstein, professor james peterson thank you. >>> next, paul ryan, come on down, usual the next contestant on let's make a deal. good luck. stay with us. >> let me get this straight, if your dry cleaning business succeeds with a democrat in office, you built that. if your dry cleaning office fails with a democrat in office, the government [ bleep ]ed you. it sounds like it's just convenient truths. [
if democrats and republicans are looking for a way out of the fiscal cliff, this whole idea of having to cut $1.6 trillion in january '13 is just a made up number. it's an artifice. there's no reason we need to stick to that. if we're looking for compromise, we should cut that number way back. there's no economic reason why we're doing that. >> very quickly. >> when we're talking about austerity, economies are behavioral entities. you can shape economies by the kind of attitudes you...
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are we getting closer to driving over that fiscal cliff? this is "special report". good evening, i'm bret baier. republicans are on the attack and democrats are in full spin cycle after word today the economy grew at an annual rate of just 1 1/2% in the second quarter of the year. on one hand, it is the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. op the other, it's the slowest since the third quarter of last year. we have fox team coverage. jim angle looks at the reasons for the slow did you know. we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry with what the numbers mean to the president and his reelection effort. good evening, ed. >> good evening. sunday marks 100 days until the election and this is the last possible way the obama camp wanted to celebrate it. it was just this week president obama declared the democratic approach to the economy worked in the clinton years and unlike republican policies, will again lead to recovery. >> just like we tried their plan, we tried our plan and it worked. that's the difference. that's the choice in this election. >> a much d
are we getting closer to driving over that fiscal cliff? this is "special report". good evening, i'm bret baier. republicans are on the attack and democrats are in full spin cycle after word today the economy grew at an annual rate of just 1 1/2% in the second quarter of the year. on one hand, it is the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. op the other, it's the slowest since the third quarter of last year. we have fox team coverage. jim angle looks at the reasons for the slow did you...